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LOUISVILLE BLACK POLICE OFF. v. CITY OF LOUISVILLE

Nos. 81-5466, 81-5491.

700 F.2d 268 (1983)

LOUISVILLE BLACK POLICE OFFICERS ORGANIZATION, INC., et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants-Cross-Appellees, v. CITY OF LOUISVILLE, et al., Defendants-Appellees-Cross-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided February 4, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert A. Sedler (argued), Detroit, Mich., William H. Allison, Jr., Paul Soreff, Juanita Logan Christian, Louisville, Ky., Jack Greenberg, Patrick O. Patterson, Clyde E. Murphy (lead counsel), New York City, Patrick O. Patterson, Los Angeles, Cal., for plaintiffs-appellants-cross-appellees.

Winston King (argued) Henry Triplett, Louisville, Ky., for defendants-appellees-cross-appellants.

Before LIVELY and KENNEDY, Circuit Judges, and HOLSCHUH, District Judge.

HOLSCHUH, District Judge.

This appeal and cross-appeal challenge the district court's award of attorneys' fees following plaintiffs' successful challenge of the discriminatory employment practices of the City of Louisville Police Department. The issues raised on this appeal result, for the most part, from a misreading of this Court's decision in Northcross v. Board of Education of Memphis City Schools,

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